Daily, morning. December 3, 2022.

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. -John 6

On the one hand, we are still a caterpillar; on the other hand, there are signs that we are becoming a butterfly. The process of transformation has begun, but it is not yet complete. We are all on the way of transformation; we are in the process of being transformed. -Witness Lee

Having pronounced his Church positively full of beauty, our Lord confirms his praise by a precious negative, "There is no spot in thee." As if the thought occurred to the Bridegroom that the carping world would insinuate that he had only mentioned her comely parts, and had purposely omitted those features which were deformed or defiled, he sums up all by declaring her universally and entirely fair, and utterly devoid of stain. -Charles Spurgeon

According to Paul's word, we need to behold the Lord with an unveiled face. There should not be any veils between us and the Lord. If we are unveiled we shall be a mirror beholding and reflecting the glorious image of the Lord. Whenever we behold Him in a direct way without any veil, without any insulation, we experience His transfusion. We are infused with the divine electricity. -Witness Lee

Don't pity yourself. Don't be afraid to tell God your troubles. He knows all about your troubles. There is a little song that says, "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen," but there's Somebody who knows, all right. And our Fellow Sufferer still retains a fellow feeling for our pains and still remembers in the skies His tears, His agonies and cries, though he's now at the right hand of the Father Almighty, sitting crowned in glory, awaiting, of course, that great coronation day that yet is to come. -AW Tozer

The saved may well adore their Lord for his conquests in them, since the arrows of their natural hatred are snapped, and the weapons of their rebellion broken. What victories has grace won in our evil hearts! How glorious is Jesus when the will is subdued, and sin dethroned! As for our remaining corruptions, they shall sustain an equally sure defeat, and every temptation, and doubt, and fear, shall be utterly destroyed. In the Salem of our peaceful hearts, the name of Jesus is great beyond compare: he has won our love, and he shall wear it. Even thus securely may we look for victories by us. -Charles Spurgeon

As is said, of worries over the church and our own condition, "i reckon the troubles of this time do not compare to the glory to come..."  Meanwhile, I'm preparing a word study stand-alone page on Psalm 32, and the YLT has it, "O the happiness of man...".

Let us not forget the mercies that abound around us, lest we should stumble and fall; that is the key of strength made perfect in weakness: the gift of mercy and grace, removing blemishes and making the broken and hopeless righteous and filled with new hope. 

Only with God and the Son. 

Some readings for the day, given to you this evening, Friday December 2, 2022.

Psalm 72.(a prayer for leaders, supplication specifically for Solomon)

Hebrews 12

1 John 1

Themes are God as sustenance.(God sustaining his people like water feeding grass.)

Christian conduct("compassed by so great a cloud of witnesses...")

Some Theology/Christology.

Note in Psalm 72 that the King was expected to see that needy children were cared for......

From 1 John 1, "in him there was no darkness at all..", and that is for us, for our understanding and maybe less as a scientific fact, that we see no evil or guile in the Triune God.

extra selections and verse memes for December 2, 2022

God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. -1 John 1:5
 

 

The moral law does not consider our weaknesses as human beings; in fact, it does not take into account our heredity or infirmities. It simply demands that we be absolutely moral. The moral law never changes, either for the highest of society or for the weakest in the world. It is enduring and eternally the same. The moral law, ordained by God, does not make itself weak to the weak by excusing our shortcomings. It remains absolute for all time and eternity. If we are not aware of this, it is because we are less than alive. Once we do realize it, our life immediately becomes a fatal tragedy. -Oswald Chambers

It is a trap to presume that God wants to make us perfect specimens of what He can do— God’s purpose is to make us one with Himself. -Oswald Chambers

Always to have an eye to the LORD's eye and an ear for the LORD's voice--this is the right state for the godly man. His God is near him, filling the horizon of his vision, leading the way of his life, and furnishing the theme of his meditation. What vanities we should avoid, what sins we should overcome, what virtues we should exhibit, what joys we should experience if we did indeed set the LORD always before us! -Charles Spurgeon

seeing as we have received mercy, we feint not.... ABOUT page updated.

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Friday, December 2, 2022 verse of the day and selections...

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds... -Hebrews 1

Once a person is born into God’s family, nothing can ever destroy that relationship—not even sin. However, disobedience grieves the Father and hinders fellowship and communication with Him. -Charles Stanley

Her deformities of sin are removed; but more, she has through her Lord obtained a meritorious righteousness by which an actual beauty is conferred upon her. Believers have a positive righteousness given to them when they become "accepted in the beloved" (Eph. 1:6). Nor is the Church barely lovely, she is superlatively so. Her Lord styles her "Thou fairest among women." -Charles Spurgeon

If God has singled you out to be a special object of His grace you may expect Him to honor you with stricter discipline and greater suffering than less favored ones are called upon to endure.... -AW Tozer

Nothing can satisfy the entire man but the Lord's love and the Lord's own self. Saints have tried to anchor in other roadsteads, but they have been driven out of such fatal refuges. -Charles Spurgeon

December 1, 2022 Verse of the Day.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. -John 1

 

The disciples were blessed to have the opportunity to live and interact with the incarnate Christ. But we’re also privileged because we can have the same intimate relationship with the Savior that those first-century followers had. What’s more, His Spirit lives within every believer, continually revealing more of the Father and Son to us through His Word. -Charles Stanley 

God's smile is enough for a true heart. Wisdom from Spurgeon.

Our Father holds the purse-strings, and what we lose for his sake he can repay a thousand-fold. It is ours to obey his will, and we may rest assured that he will provide for us. The Lord will be no man's debtor at the last. Saints know that a grain of heart's-ease is of more value than a ton of gold. 

*He who wraps a threadbare coat about a good conscience has gained a spiritual wealth far more desirable than any he has lost.*

*God's smile and a dungeon are enough for a true heart; his frown and a palace would be hell to a gracious spirit.*

Let the worst come to the worst, let all the talents go, we have not lost our treasure, for that is above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Meanwhile, even now, the Lord maketh the meek to inherit the earth, and no good thing doth he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

-Charles Spurgeon From Morning & Evening.